Costa Rica Summer Program in Ciudad Colón

Faculty

Jaume Saura Estapà

Professor of Law

University of Barcelona, Spain

JD(Licenciado en Derecho), University of Barcelona

Ph.D, University of Barcelona

Visiting Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in the Fall 2005 term and the Spring 2003 term, where he has taught International Law, International Law of Armed Conflicts and International Protection of Human Rights. Since May 1997, he has been Professor (Profesor Titular) of Public International Law and International Relations with the University of Barcelona, where he teaches International Law, European Union Law, International Protection of Human Rights, Diplomatic Relations in Law and Practice, International Humanitarian Law, and International Relations.  Associated with the University of Barcelona since 1990, he has served in a number of administrative services as well and was an Associate Dean of the Law School from 2001 to 2004.  Prof. Saura received a JD (Licenciado en Derecho) and a Ph.D. in Law (Doctor en Derecho) from the University of Barcelona, Spain.  He has authored a number of books, articles and notes in legal journals, and published reports.  His International Monitoring Experience has taken him to Bosnia & Herzegovina, East Timor, Palestine, Peru, Togo and South Africa.

Kathleen C. Kim
On-site Director: July 30 - August 06

Professor of Law

BA, University of Michigan, with High Distinction
JD, Stanford Law School

Before joining Loyola Law School, Kathleen Kim pioneered civil litigation on behalf of human trafficking survivors at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights in San Francisco. She launched and directed the Human Trafficking Project as a Skadden Fellow, the first of its kind to focus on the civil rights of trafficked individuals to receive monetary compensation for the abuse of forced labor. In 2005, Kathleen became the inaugural Immigrants' Rights Teaching Fellow at Stanford Law School where she taught and supervised law students in the representation of indigent immigrants in deportation proceedings and other immigration matters.  Kathleen co-directs the Anti-Trafficking Litigation Assistance and Support Team (ATLAST) and is a gubernatorial appointee to the California Alliance to Combat Trafficking and Slavery coordinated by the California Attorney General's office. She has published several works providing critical perspectives on the impact of United States' policies and practices on the rights of immigrants and human trafficking survivors.  Kathleen received her J.D. from Stanford Law School where she was an associate editor of Stanford Law Review and a Judge M. Takasugi Public Interest Fellow.  

Cesare Romano

On-site Director: August 07 - 14
Professor of Law

W. Joseph Ford Fellow

MA (Laurea), University of Milano
D.E.S. (Diplôme des Études Superieures), Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva
LL.M., New York University Law School
PhD (Doctorat), Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva

Cesare P. Romano holds degrees in three different disciplines (political science, international relations and law) from three countries (Italy, Switzerland and the United States), and is a polyglot. His scholarship and teaching reflect the variety of his background.

His expertise is in public international law, and in particular dispute settlement, international environmental law, international human rights and international criminal and humanitarian law. However, it is probably the field international courts and tribunals where he has made to date the greatest contribution, publishing numerous articles and four books. Since 1997 he has directed the Project on International Courts and Tribunals (www.pict-pcti.org), an international research project shared by scholars across the globe becoming a world-renowned authority in the field.

Before joining Loyola Law School, Professor Romano taught as visiting or adjunct professor in a number of institutions in the U.S. and Europe.

Director

Peter Tiersma

Director of International Programs
Professor of Law and Joseph Scott Fellow

BA, with distinction, Stanford University, Phi Beta Kappa
JD, University of California Berkeley, Order of the Coif
PhD, University of California San Diego

Professor Tiersma was born in the Netherlands and immigrated with his parents to the United States. Following graduation from Stanford University, he was a Fulbright Fellow to the Netherlands and later received a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, San Diego. Subsequently, he obtained a J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California in Berkeley. He clerked for Justice Stanley Mosk of the California Supreme Court, worked in private practice for three years, and has been teaching at Loyola Law School since 1990.

Tiersma is the author of the books Frisian Reference Grammar (Fryske Akademy, 1999), Legal Language (University of Chicago Press, 1999), and Speaking of Crime: The Language of Criminal Justice (co-authored with Lawrence Solan, University of Chicago Press, 2005). He has written several articles on the relationship between language and law. Tiersma has also lectured widely on these topics, most recently in Germany and China.